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BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:42 PM Aug 29

Detainees report alleged uprising at 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'A lot of people have bled'

Source: The Guardian

Fri 29 Aug 2025 12.37 EDT
Last modified on Fri 29 Aug 2025 13.00 EDT


Guards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday. The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to close the remote tented camp in the Everglades wetlands.

The incident took place after several migrants held there began shouting for “freedom” after one received news a relative had died, according to the outlet. A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said.

“They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled. Brother, teargas. We are immigrants, we are not criminals, we are not murderers,” one of the men reportedly told Noticias 23 in a call. The detainees claimed a fire alarm was sounding continuously, and a helicopter was heard circling overhead.

Reports of “inhumane” conditions and brutality at the camp, where migrants are held in metal cages as they await deportation, have become commonplace. Donald Trump and Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, celebrated its harsh environment as they toured the facility together when it opened last month.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/alligator-alcatraz-uprising-florida-immigration

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Detainees report alleged uprising at 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'A lot of people have bled' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 29 OP
Crimes against humanity Marthe48 Aug 29 #1
you took the words out of my mouth LymphocyteLover Aug 29 #5
Yes Solly Mack Aug 29 #7
When we take back the country or Trump is dead Mr.WeRP Aug 29 #14
MUST being the operative word. Let the magas scream theyre being persecuted, i dont care. Volaris Aug 29 #18
Spoiled food. Inadequate water. Huge profits for favored contractors. Norrrm Aug 29 #2
grifting for cruelty LymphocyteLover Aug 29 #6
Should be the name of Lara tr*mp's backup band. rubbersole Aug 29 #15
Trump and the Cruelty Grifters. Perfect! Volaris Aug 29 #19
Disgusting and barbaric. I hope to hell the abusers are prosecuted at some point. chowder66 Aug 29 #3
Some sick shit going on in this country these days. Blues Heron Aug 29 #4
DuhhSantis so wants to be as horrible as VonSchitzInPants. NoMoreRepugs Aug 29 #8
Alligator Abu Ghraib. bronxiteforever Aug 29 #9
Don't tear it down. BurnDoubt Aug 29 #10
Democrats have to say that any officer or official committing a crime during this regime Prairie Gates Aug 29 #11
They're all fucking sadists... just like dog killer noem IcyPeas Aug 29 #12
Reminds me of Abu Ghraib. 🙁 Dave Bowman Aug 29 #13
Trump will have to issue blanket pardons for everyone who worked at ICE during his misadministration. sop Aug 29 #16
The crimes against POC and foreign nationals is hard to hear about every day Marthe48 Aug 29 #17
I can just about visualize how people are being treated there. bluestarone Aug 29 #20
That's exactly what is was meant to be. kskiska Aug 30 #21

Mr.WeRP

(923 posts)
14. When we take back the country or Trump is dead
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:38 PM
Aug 29

Whichever comes first, prosecutions of those who complied must start.

Volaris

(11,042 posts)
18. MUST being the operative word. Let the magas scream theyre being persecuted, i dont care.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:22 PM
Aug 29

This has to he NON-NEGOTIABLE for dem party leadership, and yes, this IS a fucking 'purity test', straight up. Anybody NOT on board with oversight and a working dept of justice can happily get kicked to the fucking curb.

BurnDoubt

(1,014 posts)
10. Don't tear it down.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:02 PM
Aug 29

We're going to need a place to keep the Mis-Administration.
Let the Aligators in.

Prairie Gates

(6,271 posts)
11. Democrats have to say that any officer or official committing a crime during this regime
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:09 PM
Aug 29

will be prosecuted

sop

(16,014 posts)
16. Trump will have to issue blanket pardons for everyone who worked at ICE during his misadministration.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:54 PM
Aug 29

Marthe48

(21,800 posts)
17. The crimes against POC and foreign nationals is hard to hear about every day
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:11 PM
Aug 29

I think I was the only person in my family who was not overtly racist. Even after I left home, I knew I could be better, and I keep trying to be a better person. My husband and I hosted 6 exchange students, were liaisons for numerous host families and students and mentored 12 international college students from 1995 to about 2016. Becoming involved with and attached to the students we met gave us some of the best relationships we've had in our lives. On top of the one on one friendships we formed, we also got to know the natural families of the students, and local families who supported the exchange programs and made their own relationships with students hosted in our area. The bonds we formed have held up over the years.

It makes me angry that the people I met over the years, who fell in love with the U.S.A. and also the people they met are being treated like crap. Some of the students we met have legally made the U.S. their home, but I bet nothing they've done, either to be here legally or the contributions they've made since they arrived, matters to the criminals demeaning the human connections that so many of us made with people from other countries. I won't stop being how I am, but I haven't discovered how to turn the tide.








bluestarone

(20,284 posts)
20. I can just about visualize how people are being treated there.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:33 PM
Aug 29

Holy fuck!!! INHUMAN bastards in charge.

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